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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · First Financial Bancorp (FFBC)

First Financial Bancorp Q1 diluted EPS $0.71, up from $0.64; board OKs 5 million share buyback

Positive Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

First Financial Bancorp reported first-quarter 2026 net income of $74.4 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, up from $62.4 million, or $0.64, in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $51.3 million, or $0.54, a year earlier. The Board also authorized a new repurchase plan of up to 5,000,000 shares, about 4.8% of shares outstanding as of March 31, 2026, which expires December 31, 2027.

Key points

  • Q1 2026 net income $74.4 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, versus $0.64 in Q4 2025 and $0.54 in Q1 2025; adjusted EPS was $0.77 (non-GAAP)
  • Noninterest expenses were $169.4 million, including $14.3 million of acquisition-related expenses; the BankFinancial acquisition closed January 1, 2026
  • Repurchase plan of up to 5,000,000 shares, effective April 21, 2026, replaces the plan that expired December 31, 2025
  • Total loans rose $70.8 million to $13.5 billion, including $227.7 million acquired from BankFinancial

The filing

CompanyFirst Financial Bancorp (FFBC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 23, 2026, 4:16 PM ET
Accession number0000708955-26-000088

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 23, 2026.

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